Img. ID: 13742
The trapezoid Torah mantle comprises a cloak attached to an oval top, and has a vertical back opening. A Hebrew dedication is inscribed on the central front, embroidered in square, filled letters, which reads: "לעילוי נשמת/ פאלומבה אשת/ אברהם רוזה/ ת"ם (תבורך מנשים; שופטים ה:כד)." "(Dedicated) for the repose of the soul of Palomba, the wife of Abraham Rosa, may 'she be blessed above all women' (Judg. 5:24)." A pattern of flowers is scattered all over. The oval top has two openings for the Torah staves. A silver fringed strip surrounds the top and bottom edges of the cloak.
Online collection of the ritual objects from the E. Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute is available here: http://cbj.jhi.pl/collections/964689
Name/Title
Torah mantle | *Synagogue Objects | Torah mantle
Object
Object Detail
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Unknown
Date
First quarter of the 20th century
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
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Site
Unknown
School/Style
Period
Unknown
Period Detail
Collection
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Category
Material / Technique
Silk, cotton
Core: machine-made cloth
Core: machine-made cloth
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
filling stitch
Material Additions
silver fringed band
Material Cloth
green silk in twill
Material Lining
cotton in tabby
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
Height
760 mm
Length
Width
940 mm
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
Diameter
240/190 mm
Weight
Axis
Panel Measurements
Subject
Unknown |
Condition
Intact
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
Textual Content
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Languages of inscription
Unknown
Shape / Form
Unknown
0
Ornamentation
Custom
The mantle is composed of three pieces: a rectangular main part, flanked by two triangles on both sides (see: fig. 1). This structure is typical of the mantles in Thessaly and reflects the construction of the local folk costumes (cf.: Hatzimichali, The Greek, pp. 351-358, figs. 16, 17, 22, 24, 34). The inscription was embroidered after the mantle was sewn. For a similar structure see: Amar, Chernetsky, The Collection, Torah mantle, Greece, Veroia, 1935, JMG-9 (79.105), pp. 18-19.; Amar, Ron, Endangered, pp. 71-72.
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
Group
Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
A collection of ritual objects was confiscated from the Greek Jews when they were transported to Auschwitz during World War II. This Torah mantle was transferred to the museum in 1948 from Naro?no, a city in Silesia where the Nazis stored the objects.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Bibliography
• Amar, Ariella, and Irina Chernetsky. The Collection of the Jewish Museum of Greece. Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Art, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007. Internal publication.
• Amar, Ariella, and Einat Ron. Endangered Movable Objects and Their Untold Stories, Vol. 1: Ritual Objects. A Project Submitted to UNESCO. Jerusalem: The Center for Jewish Art, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007.
• Hatzimichali, Angeliki. The Greek Folk Costume. Greece: Benaki Museum, 1977.
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Object Copyright
The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (JHI)
Negative/Photo. No.
113049